Today's Sports

The two teams had met this season one other time and Bracken County won by a 69-28 score on the Fillies’ home floor. It was hard to believe the same two teams were facing each other on Tuesday night as Harrison County battled tooth and nail before falling 53-48 to the Lady Bears.
Harrison County took an early lead with baskets by senior Emalee Little and freshman Chelsea Ingram but Bracken County scored two three pointers to take the lead 6-5 with under four minutes remaining in the opening period.

I’m 63 years old, traveled to every state but three or four if you count Alaska, been to four foreign countries and have been married 40 years in July. Yet, events happen and things are said every day that continue to amaze me. Let me give you some examples.
NBA basketball’s all star weekend and what attraction that has to a seemingly large group of Americans baffles me.

“We were not ready to play at all,” bemoaned first year assistant coach Chris Reffett. “Our shots didn’t fall, but we were simply not ready mentally to play.”
This comment summed up the lackluster performance of the Harrison County Fillies in the finals of the 38th District Thursday at Nicholas County.

Youth sports sign ups continue
The last chance to sign up for the summer youth leagues before a late penalty will be charged is this Saturday, March 3, at the Cynthiana Fire Department at City Hall.
The leagues available are instructional T-Ball, T-Ball, Coach Pitch, Little League and Pigtail Softball. Registration is from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the truck bays at the fire station. All registration after this date will be subject to a late fee. Any questions can be directed to the Cynthiana/Harrison County Recreation Department at 859-234-7155.

The headline should have said “Did they know Little?” referring to Harrison County senior Emalee Little. The 5-foot-4-inch small forward hit five three pointers en route to a game and career high 21 points in the Fillies 56-49 win.
The win avenged a regular season loss to the Lady Cats in which neither Little nor sophomore center Jordan Doram played.

“We played good enough defensively to win,” commented Coach Mike Reitz following the 36-33 loss to Pendleton County Monday night. “The shots just would not fall.”
Harrison County made only 27 percent from the field Monday in the opening round of the 38th District Tournament, which was made worse by the fact that they were one for 17 for six percent from the three-point line.
A few of the shots were forced, but the vast majority were attempts that, on most other occasions, went into the basket.
Not on this night.

Before I go into my main topic of the week, I want to mention an award that my brother John received last Friday.
Only John’s wife and daughters were aware of his being named to the North Hardin Basketball Hall of Fame last Friday for his contributions over several years to the program.